Where does “Krappenfassung” come from?

Krappenfassung (German) comes from German Fassung, from Middle High German fazzunge, from Old High German fazzunga.

Krappenfassung (German): prong setting

Definitions

  1. prong setting

Ancestry of “Krappenfassung”, step by step

Krappenfassung traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Fassung

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanFassunga device which holds something else, e.g. a...
2Middle High Germanfazzunge—
3Old High Germanfazzunga—

via German krappe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germankrappe—
Every word from Old High German fazzunga →Every word from Middle High German fazzunge →Every word from German Fassung →